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Originally posted by Mentalist123:
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[21:05, 20/05/2023] Wayne McCray 85/19: Mining minerals is all about: this is from guys at the mine site. drilling is supposed to be carried out at a blast grid pattern to match the width of the ore body. Recommended grid pattern for blasting was a 1m x 1m grid pattern for Comstock which is a 1-1.5m ordbody. Locals tell me that drilling blast hole grid was 3m x3m and that’s why the geo fled the scene in August 2022. From then on not a geologist on site. So all the tonnes mined and delivered was not managed by acgeomor grade control. So then TBA mined a 1m wide orebody with a 4m wide bucket on a 90t excavator. They said it was a recipe for disaster. If the drill blast holes are assayed then the geo should know exactly where to mark out the orebody and dig precisely only the ore and the waste. Seems no assaying and no geologist. Separately, I’m told they took no notice of the mine plan and mined the Comstock as a bulk mining operation. That’s why the massive dilution. That’s why no grade was given to shareholders. No one knew. No one cared! Then Byron and board blames the GAM plant from breaking down. Class action gaining more shareholders. Now we find out mine manager contractor has no formal mining qualifications. So with no geologist as well it was doomed. $30m in 9 months for mining 40,000 tonnes= $750 per tonne. A little over the scoping study forecasts costs of $3.18c tonne.[21:23, 20/05/2023] Stephen Wyer: Who on hot copper is this posting for?
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It was also doomed as they thought they were tooooooo good to worry about a gold reserve for the mines.
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